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Detroit Lions' Trey Flowers explains why he has no hesitation to return once NFL gives OK

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The world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, but Detroit Lions defensive end Trey Flowers said he won’t be afraid to return to playing football as soon as the NFL says it’s safe.

“As far as the illness and things, I think it’s very serious,” Flowers said Wednesday during a conference call from his home in Huntsville, Ala. “I think it’s one of those deals that for you to go back there has to be some precautionary measures, there has to be things that we can do to try to eliminate it, try to keep it as minimized as possible.”

But the day will come for NFL teams with rosters that can be as big as 90 players to return to facilities that contain many shared spaces like locker rooms, meeting rooms, training rooms, weight rooms, showers, bathrooms and practice fields.

“But if they give the OK of playing football, we’ve got to go out there,” Flowers said. “I’m not one that plays with fear because you’re out there risking your life anyway just running into guys, risking injury, risking a lot of things. … If they give us the OK, I wouldn’t have any concerns or any hesitation about going out there wondering if it’s safe or not. We play a dangerous game already.

“But I feel as though there has to be a lot of precautionary measures in place. I feel as though the NFL, the NFLPA can kind of figure that out about what it needs to be a safe environment for the players.”

Contact Carlos Monarrez at cmonarre@freepress.com and follow him on Twitter @cmonarrez.

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